Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

244.049 SUPERVISED RELEASE BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; membership. (a) The Supervised Release Board is established to review eligible cases and make release and final discharge decisions for: (1) inmates serving life sentences with the possibility of parole or supervise…

244.05 SUPERVISED RELEASE TERM. § Subdivision 1.Supervised release required. Except as provided in subdivisions 1b, 4, and 5, every inmate shall serve a supervised release term upon completion of the inmate's term of imprisonment as reduced by any good time earned by the inmate o…

244.051 EARLY REPORTS OF MISSING OFFENDERS. All programs serving inmates on supervised release following a prison sentence shall notify the appropriate probation officer, appropriate law enforcement agency, and the Department of Corrections within two hours after an inmate in the…

244.0513 CONDITIONAL RELEASE OF NONVIOLENT CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENDERS; TREATMENT. § Subdivision 1.Conditional release authority. The commissioner of corrections has the authority to release offenders committed to the commissioner's custody who meet the requirements of this se…

244.052 PREDATORY OFFENDERS; NOTICE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "confinement" means confinement in a state correctional facility or a state treatment facility; (2) "immediate household" means any and all individuals who live in the same household as…

244.0521 TRAINING MATERIALS ON THE DANGERS OF PREDATORY OFFENDERS. By October 1, 2010, the commissioner of corrections, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, shall develop training materials on the dangers of predatory offenders for programs and officials who ca…

244.053 NOTICE OF RELEASE OF CERTAIN OFFENDERS. § Subdivision 1.Notice of impending release. At least 60 days before the release of any inmate convicted of an offense requiring registration under section 243.166, the commissioner of corrections shall send written notice of the im…

244.054 DISCHARGE PLANS; MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS. § Subdivision 1.Offer to develop plan. The commissioner of human services, in collaboration with the commissioner of corrections, shall offer to develop a discharge plan for community-based services for every offender with serious …

244.056 PREDATORY OFFENDER; SEEKING HOUSING IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTION. If a corrections agency supervising an offender who is required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 and who is classified by the department as a public risk monitoring case has knowledge …

244.057 PREDATORY OFFENDER; HOUSEHOLD WITH CHILDREN. A corrections agency supervising an offender required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166 shall notify the appropriate child protection agency before authorizing the offender to live in a household where c…

244.065 PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES OR SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING FOR PREGNANT INMATES OF STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN COMMUNITY. § Subdivision 1.Work. When consistent with the public interest and the public safety, the commissioner of corrections may conditionally release a…

244.07 FURLOUGHS. § Subdivision 1.Authority. If consistent with the public interest, the commissioner may, under rules prescribed by the commissioner, furlough any inmate in custody to any point within the state for up to five days. A furlough may be granted to assist the inmate …

244.08 SUPERVISED RELEASE BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Authority; duties; powers. Effective May 1, 1980, the Supervised Release Board shall have only those powers and duties in sections 244.01 to 244.11, 609.10, 609.145, subdivision 1, and 609.165, subdivision 2, with relation to perso…

244.085 FELONY DWI REPORT. By January 15 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over criminal justice policy and funding on the implementation and effects of …

244.09 MINNESOTA SENTENCING GUIDELINES COMMISSION. § Subdivision 1.Commission; establishment. There is hereby established the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission which shall be comprised of 11 members. § Subd. 2.Members. The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall consist o…

244.10 SENTENCING HEARING; DEVIATION FROM GUIDELINES. § Subdivision 1.Sentencing hearing. Whenever a person is convicted of a felony, the court, upon motion of either the defendant or the state, shall hold a sentencing hearing. The hearing shall be scheduled so that the parties h…

244.101 SENTENCING OF FELONY OFFENDERS WHO COMMIT OFFENSES ON AND AFTER AUGUST 1, 1993. § Subdivision 1.Executed sentences. Except as provided in section 244.05, subdivision 4a, when a felony offender is sentenced to a fixed executed sentence for an offense committed on or after …

244.11 APPELLATE REVIEW OF SENTENCE. § Subdivision 1.Generally. An appeal to the court of appeals may be taken by the defendant or the state from any sentence imposed or stayed by the district court according to the Rules of Criminal Procedure for the district court of Minnesota.…

244.12 INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The commissioner may order that an offender who meets the eligibility requirements of subdivisions 2 and 3 be placed on intensive community supervision, as described in sections 244.14 and 244.15, for all or part …

244.13 INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND INTENSIVE SUPERVISED RELEASE. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The commissioner of corrections shall establish programs for those designated by the commissioner to serve all or part of a sentence on intensive community supervision or all o…

244.16 DAY-FINES. § Subdivision 1.Model system. The Sentencing Guidelines Commission shall develop a model day-fine system. The commission shall report its model system to the legislature by February 1, 1993. Upon request of a judicial district, the commission may establish one p…

244.17 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) The commissioner may select offenders who meet the eligibility requirements of subdivisions 2 and 3 to participate in a challenge incarceration program described in sections 244.171 and 244.172 for all or part…

244.171 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM; BASIC ELEMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. The commissioner shall administer an intensive, structured, and disciplined program with a high level of offender accountability and control and direct and related consequences for failure to m…

244.172 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM; PHASES I TO III. § Subdivision 1.Phase I. Phase I of the program lasts at least six months. The offender must be confined at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Willow River/Moose Lake, the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Togo, or the …

244.173 CHALLENGE INCARCERATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION AND REPORT. The commissioner shall develop a system for gathering and analyzing information concerning the value and effectiveness of the challenge incarceration program. History: 1992 c 513 art 9 s 6; 1992 c 571 art 11 s 8,17; …

244.18 CORRECTIONAL FEES; SCHEDULE, COLLECTION, AND USE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given. (b) "Correctional fees": (1) effective August 1, 2029, means fees charged or contracted for by a …

244.19 PROBATION SERVICES AND OFFICERS. § Subdivision 1.Probation services; how provided for CPO and non-CPO jurisdictions. (a) If a county or Tribal Nation is not a Community Corrections Act jurisdiction under chapter 401, the county must, or the Tribal Nation may, provide adult…

244.195 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For purposes of sections 244.195 to 244.24, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2. MS 2022 [Repealed by amendment, 2023 c 52 art 17 s 5] § Subd. 3. MS 2022 [Repealed by amendment, 2023 c 52 art 17 s 5…

244.1951 DETENTION AND RELEASE; INTERMEDIATE SANCTIONS; SUPERVISION CONTACTS. § Subdivision 1.Detention pending hearing. (a) If necessary to enforce discipline or to prevent an individual on probation from escaping or absconding from supervision, a probation agency has the author…

244.197 INITIATING SANCTIONS CONFERENCE. § Subdivision 1.Authority; scope. (a) Unless the district court directs otherwise, a probation agency may use a sanctions conference to address a technical violation of an individual on probation. If a sanctions conference is used, section…

244.198 PARTICIPATING IN SANCTIONS CONFERENCE. § Subdivision 1.Electing to participate. If an individual on probation elects to participate in the sanctions conference, the individual's probation officer must inform the individual: (1) orally, in writing, and in a language and ma…

244.199 ELECTING NOT TO PARTICIPATE. If an individual on probation elects not to participate in the sanctions conference, the probation officer may: (1) ask the court to initiate revocation proceedings or refer the matter to the appropriate prosecuting authority for action under …

244.1995 SANCTIONS CONFERENCE PROCEDURES. The chief executive officer of a probation agency, with approval of the district court, must develop procedures for the sanctions conference under sections 244.197 to 244.199 and develop a sanctions conference form that includes notice to…

244.20 PROBATION; FELONY SUPERVISION. (a) Notwithstanding sections 244.19, subdivisions 1 to 1d, and 609.135, subdivision 1, the Department of Corrections: (1) has exclusive responsibility for providing probation services for adult felons in counties and Tribal Nations that do no…

244.21 INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS ON PROBATION; REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Collecting information by probation service providers; report required. (a) Probation service providers must collect and maintain information on individuals on probation, and the commissioner of corrections …

244.24 ASSESSING RISK FOR INDIVIDUALS ON PROBATION. All probation agencies must adopt written policies for assessing risk levels for individuals on probation. A probation agency must use a risk screener and risk and needs assessment tools as prescribed by its written policies. Hi…

244.30 CAP ON INCARCERATION FOR FIRST-TIME SUPERVISED RELEASE VIOLATIONS; EXCEPTION FOR SEX OFFENDERS. (a) If the commissioner revokes the supervised release of a person whose release on the current offense has not previously been revoked, the commissioner may order the person to…

244.33 COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; TARGETED INNOVATION GRANTS. (a) The community supervision targeted innovation grant account is established in the special revenue fund in the state treasury. Appropriations and transfers to the account are credited to the account. Earnings, such as i…

244.40 MINNESOTA REHABILITATION AND REINVESTMENT ACT. Sections 244.40 to 244.51 may be cited as the "Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act." History: 2023 c 52 art 12 s 3

244.41 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For purposes of the act, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Act. "Act" means the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act. § Subd. 3.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of correction…

244.42 COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT AND INDIVIDUALIZED REHABILITATION PLAN REQUIRED. § Subdivision 1.Comprehensive assessment. (a) The commissioner must develop a comprehensive assessment process for each person who: (1) is committed to the commissioner's custody and confined in a st…

244.43 EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT. § Subdivision 1.Policy for earned incentive release credit; stakeholder consultation. (a) To encourage and support rehabilitation when consistent with the public interest and public safety, the commissioner must establish a policy providing…

244.44 APPLYING EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT. Earned incentive release credits are included in calculating the term of imprisonment but are not added to the person's supervised release term, the total length of which remains unchanged. The maximum amount of earned incentive re…

244.45 INELIGIBILITY FOR EARNED INCENTIVE RELEASE CREDIT. The following individuals are ineligible for earned incentive release credit: (1) those serving life sentences; (2) those given indeterminate sentences for crimes committed on or before April 30, 1980; or (3) those subject…

244.46 EARNED COMPLIANCE CREDIT AND SUPERVISION ABATEMENT STATUS. § Subdivision 1.Adopting policy for earned compliance credit; supervision abatement status. (a) The commissioner must adopt a policy providing for earned compliance credit and supervision abatement status, includin…

244.47 VICTIM INPUT. § Subdivision 1.Notifying victim; victim input. (a) If an individual is committed to the custody of the commissioner for a crime listed in section 609.02, subdivision 16, and is eligible for earned incentive release credit, the commissioner must make reasonab…